Bach's fugues FTW. lol. I like classical, baroque, romantic period, etc. music. It's extremely relaxing. Cynic mentioned a few good composers, but I'd like to add Liszt, Vivaldi, and Wagner ("Ride of the Valkyries" is epic) among others.

Cynic- Did you mean you don't like Mozart's piano works, or that you don't like piano period? I ask because Chopin is synonymous with piano. The only Mozart works I enjoy are his Requiem and Clarinet works.

I pretty much don't like piano period (just the timbre of it doesn't sit well), but I enjoy music written for the piano. Piano has it's place and there are some songs with piano I enjoy (Widow's Wall by Hammers of Misfortune), but in general I prefer something more powerful (synths, organ, guitar etc.)

I can somewhat understand that. Piano can be powerful, though. The fluid-like style of Chopin has become a bit cliche, but I like his technical proficiency. However, no one can rival Rachmoninov. Franz Liszt can be quite impressive too. But you're right, it's not the same kind of bone battering power of an organ.

I'm not really a fan of classical music but I certainly appreciate it. I'm not ignorant to think "classical music is r8 gay" or anything and I used to regularly go to recorder concerts to hear classical music (by best friend was in the orchestra). It's certainly a fascinating type of music.

Holy crap, someone else that's heard of Shosta! I don't mind Paganini and Brahms, either. Not too big on Chopin, though he does wow me. Debussey... meh. Bach and Beethoven are my favourites, along with Vivaldi's 'Seasons', and while Mozart flaws me with the genius of his music, most of his catalogue doesn't appeal to me. I love piano in classical music, but rarely like it elsewhere.

Yeah...Shostakovich and Rachmoninov are by far my favorite composers. I enjoy the others I mentioned plus probably 50-100 more I forgot (Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Handel, Haydn, Salieri), but these two really stand out.

Hahah not quite that simple, but basically, yeah. Personally, I see a lot of similarities between classical and certain forms of electronica. They both tend to play with and around a central motif (or sometimes even a few motifs).

Classical yupp has a soul and especially eastern classical not only orchestra ,piano or else but also the sound of flute tuching the classical notes zigme, etc has some specipied music showing culture of some region or or place

Renaissance classical choral works are hypnotizing. I can totally see why people followed the crusades if they were hearing this prior to taking the cross. And you get bio-pics like Don Carlo Gesualdo: "When not murdering people, this Italian Prince wrote inventive and progressive madrigals."